Mariposa County Arts Council’s Treetop Gallery to Feature the Work of Local Artists
Ryan Alonzo, Jackie Baxton, and Trozers Akimbo
July 2, 2018 - The Mariposa County Arts Council invites the public to the opening reception recognizing the work of local artists Ryan Alonzo (photographer), Jackie Baxton (sculptor) and Trowzers Akimbo (painter) on Friday, July 6, 2018 from 4:30 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. at the Treetop Gallery located at 5009 Hwy 140 in historic downtown Mariposa. Light refreshments will be served.
Ryan Alonzo
Traveler, adventurer, author & photographer Ryan Alonzo has been working and living the Yosemite life for the past 14 years. It was the incredible beauty and grander of Yosemite National Park that first inspired him to pick up a camera. Through his lens Ms. Alonzo captures the beauty and majesty of Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada mountains. He is currently working on his 3rd book about Yosemite, focusing on the High Sierra of the park for the Yosemite Conservancy (out 2019). His photography has been published in the US (Rock & Ice, Climbing) and internationally. He spends his summers in Yosemite and winters traveling and exploring the world.
Jackie Baxton
Ms. Baxton’s work reflects mythos, not knowing one’s own past and the observations of the world that she lives in. Her work helps her navigate through dream states and a very small known ancestry past. Mythology is how people tell their peoples stories and she is creating her own mythos. Her inspiration comes from Native American stories and the American frontier in the iconic Western movies. Weaving together these dialogues she creates a new narrative that belongs to the natural world. She conveys these stories through taxidermy, wood burnings, casting and using found objects.
Trowzers Akimbo
Growing up in Los Angeles’ Venice Beach, Trowzers Akimbo was inspired by the bohemian artists that surrounded his family and taught at his local high school. Immediately drawn to the visual arts, Trowzers earned a BFA from CalArts and enjoyed a long career as a graphic designer, illustrator, and engineer before retiring to Mariposa and taking up painting and teaching full time.
This exhibition will run at the Treetop Gallery from July 6, 2018 through September 2, 2018.
For more information please visit the Arts Council’s website: MariposaArtsCouncil.org or call the Arts Council office at: (209) 966-3155.
The MARIPOSA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, INC. is an incorporated not-for-profit organization, created to promote and support all forms of the cultural arts, for all ages, throughout Mariposa County.
Photos: Work by Ryan Alonzo, Jackie Baxton and Trowzers Akimbo
